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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Norman Cousins say at the World Peace Conference?
(a) How wrong everyone was.
(b) They needed to recruit more supporters.
(c) He admired their conviction.
(d) The government didn't have time for them.

2. Why was Wallace not elected in 1948?
(a) Truman was a more appealing person.
(b) He was a weak candidate.
(c) He didn't have money for a campaign.
(d) Communists worked on his campaign.

3. Hellman was considered a ________, not a Communist.
(a) Radical.
(b) Republican.
(c) Independent.
(d) Traitor.

4. Because of Hellman's money problem, she was afraid she would have to sell her ______.
(a) Mother's jewelry.
(b) House.
(c) Farm.
(d) Clothes.

5. Who joined the House Committee program soon after it started.
(a) Truman.
(b) Hoover.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of World War II, who was the enemy?

2. Why did Stanley Isaacs lose an assistant?

3. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?

4. What commonly happened to people found guilty?

5. What did people believe The House Committee violated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hellman attribute the beginning of McCarthyism to?

2. In Hellman's opinion, what caused Communism to grow in popularity among Americans?

3. Why did Hellman turn down the contract to write and produce four movies?

4. How did Hellman change people's approach to the McCarthy hearings when called to testify?

5. If Hellman hadn't learned German, would she not have left Germany so quickly?

6. What was Hellman's response to the subpoena? Why did she react this way?

7. How were the liberal Democrats convinced to support the House Committee and Blacklist?

8. How were Hollywood producers under a lot of pressure during the McCarthy hearings?

9. What did Rauh find that could help Hellman's case? Why did she refuse to use this help?

10. Was Hellman a Communist? Why did the government scrutinize her?

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